Old Crow

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Old Crow is a remote Indigenous community in northern Yukon, Canada, known as the home of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and accessible only by air.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Old Crow canonical 2
Old Crow Airport 1
Old Crow, Yukon 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous community
community
settlement
accessibleBy air
country Canada
governedBy Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
surface form: Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation government
hasClimate subarctic climate
hasCommunicationLimitation limited road-based freight access
hasCulturalAssociation Gwich’in language
surface form: Gwichʼin language

Vuntut Gwitchin culture
hasCulturalSignificance important centre for Vuntut Gwitchin traditions
hasEconomicActivity subsistence fishing
subsistence hunting
trapping
hasEconomicContext reliance on air freight for supplies
hasEnvironmentalCondition long, cold winters
short, cool summers
hasEnvironmentalContext Porcupine caribou herd
surface form: Porcupine caribou herd range
hasFeature fly-in community
remote location
small population
hasGovernanceContext Yukon territorial jurisdiction
hasIndigenousLanguageContext Gwich’in
surface form: Gwichʼin
hasInfrastructure airstrip
community buildings
hasNearbyProtectedArea Vuntut National Park
hasOfficialLanguageContext English
hasPopulationCharacteristic predominantly Indigenous residents
hasPrimaryEthnicGroup Vuntut Gwitchin
hasPrimaryInhabitants Vuntut Gwitchin people
hasRegionalSignificance northernmost community in Yukon (commonly regarded)
hasServiceRole administrative centre for Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
hasTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
surface form: Pacific Time Zone (Yukon Time)
hasTransportationLimitation no marine access for most of the year
no rail access
no road access
inferredFrom remote Indigenous community in northern Yukon, Canada, known as the home of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and accessible only by air
isHomeOf Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
locatedIn Canadian North
Yukon
northern Yukon
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation traditional territory
locatedNorthOf Arctic Circle
surface form: Arctic Circle (approximate vicinity)
locatedOn Porcupine River NERFINISHED
partOf Arctic region
surface form: Arctic region of Canada
servedBy Old Crow self-linksurface differs
surface form: Old Crow Airport

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vuntut National Park nearestSettlement Old Crow
this entity surface form: Old Crow, Yukon
Old Crow servedBy Old Crow self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Old Crow Airport